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No. 354,871. PatentedDe'o. 21, 1886.

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ELEM wwocjw fim UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT OTTENHEIMER, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO OTTEN- HEIMERBROTHERS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,871, dated December21, 1886.

Application filed June 28, 1886. Serial No. 206,397.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT OTTENHEIMER, of Stuttgart, in the Empire ofGermany, have invented an Improvement in Corsets, of which the followingis a specification.

Corsets have been made with openings at the breasts to accommodatenursing mothers, and fastenings of various kinds havebeen employed tosecure the corset-bosom when closed; but

they have been liable to become loose and be very uncomfortable for thewearer.

My invention is made for closingthe corsetbosoms with rapidity and forholding them securely, so that they will not become unfastened- 5 or theparts misplaced.

1n the drawing I have represented the front portions of the corset withone side open and the other closed.

The corset itself is of any desired size or shape, and each bosomportion is made with the two half portions a and b, with the edgeslapping upon each other, the place of separation being vertical, ornearly so, and at c is a button and at d a button-hole for securing the2 5 lapping parts at upper portions of the bosom. If buttonsandbutton-holes alone wereused, considerable time would be consumed inopening and properly closing the breast portions of such corset, and thesame would be liable to 0 become unbuttoued and no part would yield asthe breasts become distended or the reverse. To overcome thesedifficulties, I introduce an (No model eyelet or opening in the flap a,"and pass through the same a cord, e, preferably elastic and double, andsew or otherwise fasten the end of such 3 5 cord to the fiap b, and thisloop of cord is of such a length that when it is drawn up it will reachto and be passed over the button 0. By this means the middle and lowerpart of the corset-bosom can be rapidly closed or opened, 0

The combination, with a corset-bosom having two flaps, one lapping uponthe other, and a button and button-hole for connecting the flaps at theupper'part, of a cord passing through a hole in the outer flap near themiddlepart of the edge of the same, and connected at its ends I to theinner flap, and adapted to pass over the button when the parts have beenbuttoned together, substantially as set forth. Signed by me this 10thday of June, 1886.

ALBERT OTTEN HEIMER.

Witnesses:

H. BRANBURGER, FR. KARS'I.

